Building Capacity for Recruiting STEM Undergraduates for Lifelong Teaching in Illinois

伊利诺伊州招募 STEM 本科生终身教学的能力建设

• 批准号: 1950200
• 负责人: Theresa Robinson
• 金额: $ 12.29万
• 依托单位: Elmhurst University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-15 至 2021-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1950200&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Building; Capacity; Recruiting; STEM; Undergraduates

This project aims to serve the regional and national need for more STEM teachers who are highly qualified to teach diverse student populations. Many regions across the country are experiencing a growing shortage of STEM teachers. In addition, many in-service STEM teachers lack the training needed to address the unique experiences and potentials of their students. This project intends to establish the framework for a future Noyce Track 1 proposal by strengthening relationships with three area community colleges. A key goal is to develop a plan for integrating curriculum about STEM teaching into the Summer STEM Academy for high school students. This Academy is designed to stimulate high school students’ interest and abilities in mathematics and science. The Academy is open to all students, with an emphasis on including students from underrepresented groups. The project also intends to develop methods to incorporate culturally responsive pedagogy in both science and education courses at Elmhurst College. These revisions are expected to improve both socio-cultural understanding and scientific and mathematics literacies of STEM education graduates. This project at Elmhurst College includes partnerships with two high-needs local education agencies (Fenton 100 and Leyden 212) and three community college partners (the College of DuPage, Harper Community College, and Triton College). All partners are located close to Elmhurst College and will help identify teachers and professors to participate in the culturally-responsive pedagogy workshops. A major project goal is to collect data to inform which strategies should be used to integrate culturally responsive pedagogy and content area literacies into both K-12 and post-secondary classrooms. Other project goals include fortifying community college partnerships, developing degree maps, and planning for a bridge program. The evaluation plan will investigate the efficacy of project activities. Project outcomes will be disseminated at regional and national conferences such as the 2021 Conference of the Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago and the 2021 National Science Teachers Association STEM Forum & Expo. This Capacity Building project is supported through the Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program (Noyce). The Noyce program supports talented STEM undergraduate majors and professionals to become effective K-12 STEM teachers and experienced, exemplary K-12 STEM teachers to become STEM master teachers in high-need school districts. It also supports research on the persistence, retention, and effectiveness of K-12 STEM teachers in high-need school districts.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目旨在满足地区和国家对更多STEM教师的需求，这些教师具有高素质，能够教授不同的学生群体。全国许多地区都面临着STEM教师日益短缺的问题。此外，许多在职STEM教师缺乏针对学生独特经验和潜力所需的培训。该项目旨在通过加强与三个地区社区学院的关系，为未来的诺伊斯轨道1提案建立框架。一个关键目标是制定一项计划，将STEM教学课程纳入高中生夏季STEM学院。 该学院旨在激发高中学生对数学和科学的兴趣和能力。 学院向所有学生开放，重点是包括来自代表性不足群体的学生。该项目还打算制定方法，将文化敏感的教学法纳入埃尔姆赫斯特学院的科学和教育课程。预计这些修订将提高STEM教育毕业生的社会文化理解以及科学和数学素养。埃尔姆赫斯特学院的这个项目包括与两个高需求的当地教育机构（芬顿100和莱顿212）和三个社区学院合作伙伴（杜佩奇学院，哈珀社区学院和Triton学院）的合作。所有合作伙伴都位于靠近埃尔姆赫斯特学院，并将帮助确定教师和教授参加文化响应教学研讨会。项目的一个主要目标是收集数据，以告知应采用何种战略，将文化敏感的教学法和内容领域的扫盲纳入K-12和中学后的课堂。其他项目目标包括加强社区学院的合作伙伴关系，开发学位地图，并规划桥梁计划。评价计划将调查项目活动的功效。项目成果将在区域和国家会议上传播，如2021年芝加哥大都会数学俱乐部会议和2021年全国科学教师协会STEM论坛博览会。这个能力建设项目是通过罗伯特诺伊斯教师奖学金计划（诺伊斯）的支持。诺伊斯计划支持有才华的STEM本科专业和专业人士成为有效的K-12 STEM教师和经验丰富的模范K-12 STEM教师，成为高需求学区的STEM硕士教师。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。